Your Other 8 Hours: Five Rules to Reduce Risk When Starting a Business in the Other 8 Hours

 

I have a metal paperweight on my desk with the inscription, “What would you do if you could not fail?” It’s a nice ornament with a feel-good message, but it’s completely wrong and dangerous. Anybody can fail at anything. If you start a new venture without first thinking about and limiting risks, you can put your finances and, worse yet, your relationships in jeopardy. What starts as a way to build a dream life during the other eight hours, become your own boss or make a fortune can turn into a nightmare if you don’t limit your risk.

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Interpersonal EDGE: Reduce Anxiety to Engage Stonewalling Co-worker

 Q. What can you do or say to a person when you have an office conflict if they refuse to engage you in dialogue, and gossip about you from afar? Aren’t there some people who just won’t talk about problems?

 

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Retire Smart: Author Sees a New Frugality Emerging for Retirement

 Chris Farrell is an optimist, so when he talks about the Great Recession he looks for the silver lining. 

 
The economics editor for public radio’s “Marketplace Money,” Farrell thinks the recession is ushering in some very healthy changes in our consumer behavior and personal financial habits. The debt-and-consumption driven 1990s are giving way to a more sustainable lifestyle.

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me2u – Addiction – 9-6

 It seems incessant. More than that, it seems infinite, always to be searching. No, seeking out as if nothing is immune to the analysis of potential. It becomes an addiction of sorts. It is as if everything that is seen and heard can be a potential bit in a comedian’s bag of bits.

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News Spotlight: Hats Off to Health Diabetes Awareness Event Set

 Diabetes is one of the most serious health challenges facing Americans today. Nearly 21 million people in the United States, or 7 percent of the population, have diabetes. And another 54 million people are believed to have the beginning stages of diabetes. Every minute of every day, another American develops type 2 diabetes.

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News Spotlight: Tavis Smiley Set to Speak at Kellogg Center

 “Michigan: Our Youth, Our Future!” is one of three national town hall events.  

Tavis Smiley will keynote Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 1-6 p.m. at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. Please register FREE on-line at www.oneloveglobal.org - Space is limited so register today!!!

 

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News Spotlight: Smith only Dem candidate to gain in polls

State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem) today announced that her campaign is the only in the Democratic primary that is gaining momentum. Smith’s claim comes after the latest results of a Rasmussen opinion poll were released.

 

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News Spotlight: Men. Take Charge of Your Health!!! Health Fair for Minority Men

 Be informed about the health issues impacting minority men.  A must attend Health Fair and Men’s Health Dialogue is set for April 1 at the Ingham County Health Department.

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me2u – Lost -9-5

 

I do not know when it happened. And as I analyze my past it seems there were a series of events that led to this feeling that I have. I see different points where my life took a drastic turn. The problem is I cannot figure out how to analyze the results. They have all ended up being learning experiences but to what end, for I am lost.

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Reggie Clemons on Death Row in Missouri: A Case of Reasonable Doubt

 

 

 

 Twenty-five years ago, Darryl Burton was convicted of capital murder and armed criminal action in a St. Louis, Missouri, trial court. His conviction has all the characteristics of a wrongful conviction: “eye witness” informants, ineffective trial counsel, and an array of procedural obstacles which all combined to leave Mr. Burton trapped in a Missouri prison for 24 years. Burton is shown here with Vera Thomas, Reggie’s mother at the 3rd Anniversary of the Justice for Reggie Campaign in December of 2008. Courtesy photo

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